Tuesday, August 03, 2010
El Clon Tuesday August 3: Summary for Discussion
Cris meets Daniel and reaches her own conclusions; Jade comes close to confiding in Zein; Ali looks for divine guidance; and Rania gets her dream job.
We are in the hotel in Fez with Luisa and Albieri. They step outside to find Daniel, discover he has wandered away and set off to look for him.
Daniel, meanwhile, continues following Jade and Zein as they make their way through the medina back to their hotel.
In Miami, Clara has asked Escobar: ¿Dónde están las escrituras? (Where’s the deed? (to the property)). He tells her he’ll bring it next week. They start their usual squabbling when Escobarde stops abruptly and asks: Is that a new perfume? Why yes, says Clara, and a new hairdo (peinado) too. (It would be fine if he fell in love with her again, but under no circumstances is she to fall for him. Do you hear me, writers???) Before he leaves, she promises she’ll tell Fernando his father’s going to be calling; but she can’t promise that his son will want to talk to him.
Lucia and Roberto are at home talking about Andrea. Lucia says she’d feel terribly guilty if Andrea were to get caught up in drugs. But why? asks Roberto. We’ve always set a good example for her. True, says Lucia, but in this country, well really, everywhere:
Cualquier cosa que hagan los niños es culpa de los padres.
Whatever the kids do is their parents’ fault.
Just be alert, Robert says, and let me know if you smell any incense burning!
When he leaves, Lucia goes to look for the incense Latifa had given her. She can’t find it so she asks her maid, Rosario, if she’s seen it in the bedroom. Rosario can’t say. Consuelo (aka Skank 3) is so super efficient that she has taken over cleaning the bedrooms. So efficient, says Lucia jokingly, that:
La única que falta es que se salga con la basura metida en su cartera!
The only thing missing is for her to leave with the garbage in her purse! (If Lucia only knew…)
I’ll tell you what happened in the Triple Skank Scene, so you can all fastforward: They are at Gloria’s. Consuelo pulls out some papers and says she has done what she was supposed to do. Karla assures them she is following the plan to the letter. And Hilda daydreams about how she’ll spend the money, when they have it. All very vague.
In Fez, Zein wants Jade to tell him what she is running away from. She explains that in the past there was a man she loved, a man who asked for everything and left her with nothing. Now she is running from temptation. She needs to stop living in the past.
¿Crees que pudiste haber amado a Said?
Do you think you could have loved Said? asks Zein.
No, says Jade, he was always an obstacle for me, like a mountain. Then, asks Said, ¿Qué ves en mi? (What do you see in me?/ How do you think of me?) The question hangs in the air, unanswered.
Cris stops at the hotel reception desk asking for Luisa and once again can’t make herself understood.
Albieri and Luisa figure Daniel must have gone back to the hotel so they head in that direction to look for him.
Daniel is still in the medina, savoring the image of Jade dancing and the moment when she looked directly into his eyes.
Back in their Miami apartment, Alejandro calls out to Nati: Te conseguí el helado! (I got you the ice cream!). Then he realizes that she’s not there. ¿Dónde te metiste, Natalia? (Where’d you go, Nati?)
Alej finds Pablo at the gym and asks him to help look for Nati. Pablo says he’ll help, but not all night. They’ll look in a few likely places. He also repeats his advice to his friend: Nati is messing with your concentration and your career and she doesn’t seem to care. You need to get away from her. Alej refuses to blame her. It’s all Fernando’s fault!
Cris calls her friend Vicki. She updates her on the missing report, the many messages she’s left for Rogelio and Malicia. You think Malicia may have something to do with this? asks Vicki. Don’t be silly, Malicia is helping me. Well then, says Vicki, why don’t you put on your red dress (baby) and go out and have some fun?
Daniel’s wanderings have taken him to the hotel where Cris is staying. She is taking Vicki’s advice and getting ready to go out. She remembers her encounter with Diego years ago:
Ese día también me vestía de rojo.
On that day I was wearing red too.
She goes outside and suddenly she and Daniel are staring at one another. She can’t believe what she’s seeing, thinks she must be losing her mind.
-- Don’t you remember me? You kissed me in Miami. It was a party at a club and I was dressed like an Arab… I’m Daniel!
Cristina touches him and exclaims: You’re real!
Sí, soy de carne y hueso (I’m flesh and bone) says Daniel. You think I’m strange? So does everyone else, even my mother!
Cristina is feeling ill and says she needs a doctor. Then she collapses. (That’s two down. Just wait until Luisa sees him.)
And in Miami Nati finally answers her phone. She is at Clara’s house drinking and doping with Fernando and a new drug buddy, Paula. Nati lies carelessly about where she’s been. She’ll be home in 15 minutes she says. And she does get ready to leave -- but can’t turn down the chance to do one more line of coke.
Cut to Enrique’s monologue. He reminds us that cocaine destroys a person’s willpower (voluntad).
Clara is at Salamandra dancing with Rogelio while the venomous Malicia looks on. When Rogelio steps away to talk to the Malicious one, Caro asks the question we have all had: Did you tell Rogelio what Malicia did to you? No, she says, I was embarrassed. Besides, I figured she probably told him herself. (The moral here: discretion and dignity never pay, or at least not in a telenovela!) Meanwhile, Rogelio is congratulating Malicia on her excellent work on the pilfered report.
Cris wakes up stretched out on her bed in her hotel room. Daniel is with her. (We have no clue how they got there.) Cris becomes more and more confused as Daniel tries to explain himself to her. He talks about his father who lives in Miami but is here with him in Fez… Wait a minute... She looks closely at Daniel and then she gets it! (or so she thinks!)
He’s worse than I thought! cries Cris. He was having an affair with someone when he was still with me! And out she marches Cris the Avenger to find the man she assumes is Daniel’s ‘father’.
She marches up to Albieri in the hotel lounge: Where is he? You tell me right now! And don’t lie to me! You ruined Luisa’s and Dora’s lives just to protect your friend. LEO was having an affair even way back then. You should be ashamed of yourself!
Albieri realizes she’s seen Daniel and asks where he is. Cristina says if he won’t say where Leonardo is, she won’t tell him where Daniel is. No one gets to make fun of me, she says.
Cristina goes back to her hotel room where Daniel is waiting for her. He tells her Rogelio called. You’re so beautiful, he says, una aparición. (a vision, which is an interesting thing to say since that’s what everyone thinks Daniel is). Since Cristina seems to know his father, he wonders if she knows his mother. No, she says, but I know your brother. I have a brother? asks Daniel with surprise. Cristina asks him if he’d like to return to Miami with her and he agrees to do so. They will leave tomorrow. But keep those hands to yourself, she warns him.
Ali is riding his camel in the desert, meditating and praying, trying to make sense of the past 118 episodios and where a human clone fits in the grand scheme of things. When, back at the house, Abdul asks where Ali is, Zoraida tells him and explains that he is trying to put his thoughts in order. With his customary good cheer, Abdul predicts that the fires of hell are waiting for those in this household who have permitted the light of Allah to be extinguished.
Jade remembers Lucas telling her that there would never be another love like theirs in his life.
Aeronovela has safely delivered Mohamed’s family back to Miami. Mohamed stops to exchange warm greetings with Gloria even while he chastises Samira for being outside and showing herself to the world. Gloria and Mohamed do agree on one thing: It’s not easy.
Amin tells Ramón about his prometido in Fez (and the potential for three wives more!) Karla calls out ‘Papacito’ and the little Prince perks up. But she walks right past him into the arms of what must be her current victim. But Amin gets her attention when he tells her Te traje un regalo. (I brought you a present).
Said’s family arrives at their Miami home as well. Jadiya is told that her mother is not with them. But here’s the really good news: Rania has gotten that promotion she’s been angling for. From now on, says Said, you’re the First Wife!
We are in the hotel in Fez with Luisa and Albieri. They step outside to find Daniel, discover he has wandered away and set off to look for him.
Daniel, meanwhile, continues following Jade and Zein as they make their way through the medina back to their hotel.
In Miami, Clara has asked Escobar: ¿Dónde están las escrituras? (Where’s the deed? (to the property)). He tells her he’ll bring it next week. They start their usual squabbling when Escobarde stops abruptly and asks: Is that a new perfume? Why yes, says Clara, and a new hairdo (peinado) too. (It would be fine if he fell in love with her again, but under no circumstances is she to fall for him. Do you hear me, writers???) Before he leaves, she promises she’ll tell Fernando his father’s going to be calling; but she can’t promise that his son will want to talk to him.
Lucia and Roberto are at home talking about Andrea. Lucia says she’d feel terribly guilty if Andrea were to get caught up in drugs. But why? asks Roberto. We’ve always set a good example for her. True, says Lucia, but in this country, well really, everywhere:
Cualquier cosa que hagan los niños es culpa de los padres.
Whatever the kids do is their parents’ fault.
Just be alert, Robert says, and let me know if you smell any incense burning!
When he leaves, Lucia goes to look for the incense Latifa had given her. She can’t find it so she asks her maid, Rosario, if she’s seen it in the bedroom. Rosario can’t say. Consuelo (aka Skank 3) is so super efficient that she has taken over cleaning the bedrooms. So efficient, says Lucia jokingly, that:
La única que falta es que se salga con la basura metida en su cartera!
The only thing missing is for her to leave with the garbage in her purse! (If Lucia only knew…)
I’ll tell you what happened in the Triple Skank Scene, so you can all fastforward: They are at Gloria’s. Consuelo pulls out some papers and says she has done what she was supposed to do. Karla assures them she is following the plan to the letter. And Hilda daydreams about how she’ll spend the money, when they have it. All very vague.
In Fez, Zein wants Jade to tell him what she is running away from. She explains that in the past there was a man she loved, a man who asked for everything and left her with nothing. Now she is running from temptation. She needs to stop living in the past.
¿Crees que pudiste haber amado a Said?
Do you think you could have loved Said? asks Zein.
No, says Jade, he was always an obstacle for me, like a mountain. Then, asks Said, ¿Qué ves en mi? (What do you see in me?/ How do you think of me?) The question hangs in the air, unanswered.
Cris stops at the hotel reception desk asking for Luisa and once again can’t make herself understood.
Albieri and Luisa figure Daniel must have gone back to the hotel so they head in that direction to look for him.
Daniel is still in the medina, savoring the image of Jade dancing and the moment when she looked directly into his eyes.
Back in their Miami apartment, Alejandro calls out to Nati: Te conseguí el helado! (I got you the ice cream!). Then he realizes that she’s not there. ¿Dónde te metiste, Natalia? (Where’d you go, Nati?)
Alej finds Pablo at the gym and asks him to help look for Nati. Pablo says he’ll help, but not all night. They’ll look in a few likely places. He also repeats his advice to his friend: Nati is messing with your concentration and your career and she doesn’t seem to care. You need to get away from her. Alej refuses to blame her. It’s all Fernando’s fault!
Cris calls her friend Vicki. She updates her on the missing report, the many messages she’s left for Rogelio and Malicia. You think Malicia may have something to do with this? asks Vicki. Don’t be silly, Malicia is helping me. Well then, says Vicki, why don’t you put on your red dress (baby) and go out and have some fun?
Daniel’s wanderings have taken him to the hotel where Cris is staying. She is taking Vicki’s advice and getting ready to go out. She remembers her encounter with Diego years ago:
Ese día también me vestía de rojo.
On that day I was wearing red too.
She goes outside and suddenly she and Daniel are staring at one another. She can’t believe what she’s seeing, thinks she must be losing her mind.
-- Don’t you remember me? You kissed me in Miami. It was a party at a club and I was dressed like an Arab… I’m Daniel!
Cristina touches him and exclaims: You’re real!
Sí, soy de carne y hueso (I’m flesh and bone) says Daniel. You think I’m strange? So does everyone else, even my mother!
Cristina is feeling ill and says she needs a doctor. Then she collapses. (That’s two down. Just wait until Luisa sees him.)
And in Miami Nati finally answers her phone. She is at Clara’s house drinking and doping with Fernando and a new drug buddy, Paula. Nati lies carelessly about where she’s been. She’ll be home in 15 minutes she says. And she does get ready to leave -- but can’t turn down the chance to do one more line of coke.
Cut to Enrique’s monologue. He reminds us that cocaine destroys a person’s willpower (voluntad).
Clara is at Salamandra dancing with Rogelio while the venomous Malicia looks on. When Rogelio steps away to talk to the Malicious one, Caro asks the question we have all had: Did you tell Rogelio what Malicia did to you? No, she says, I was embarrassed. Besides, I figured she probably told him herself. (The moral here: discretion and dignity never pay, or at least not in a telenovela!) Meanwhile, Rogelio is congratulating Malicia on her excellent work on the pilfered report.
Cris wakes up stretched out on her bed in her hotel room. Daniel is with her. (We have no clue how they got there.) Cris becomes more and more confused as Daniel tries to explain himself to her. He talks about his father who lives in Miami but is here with him in Fez… Wait a minute... She looks closely at Daniel and then she gets it! (or so she thinks!)
He’s worse than I thought! cries Cris. He was having an affair with someone when he was still with me! And out she marches Cris the Avenger to find the man she assumes is Daniel’s ‘father’.
She marches up to Albieri in the hotel lounge: Where is he? You tell me right now! And don’t lie to me! You ruined Luisa’s and Dora’s lives just to protect your friend. LEO was having an affair even way back then. You should be ashamed of yourself!
Albieri realizes she’s seen Daniel and asks where he is. Cristina says if he won’t say where Leonardo is, she won’t tell him where Daniel is. No one gets to make fun of me, she says.
Cristina goes back to her hotel room where Daniel is waiting for her. He tells her Rogelio called. You’re so beautiful, he says, una aparición. (a vision, which is an interesting thing to say since that’s what everyone thinks Daniel is). Since Cristina seems to know his father, he wonders if she knows his mother. No, she says, but I know your brother. I have a brother? asks Daniel with surprise. Cristina asks him if he’d like to return to Miami with her and he agrees to do so. They will leave tomorrow. But keep those hands to yourself, she warns him.
Ali is riding his camel in the desert, meditating and praying, trying to make sense of the past 118 episodios and where a human clone fits in the grand scheme of things. When, back at the house, Abdul asks where Ali is, Zoraida tells him and explains that he is trying to put his thoughts in order. With his customary good cheer, Abdul predicts that the fires of hell are waiting for those in this household who have permitted the light of Allah to be extinguished.
Jade remembers Lucas telling her that there would never be another love like theirs in his life.
Aeronovela has safely delivered Mohamed’s family back to Miami. Mohamed stops to exchange warm greetings with Gloria even while he chastises Samira for being outside and showing herself to the world. Gloria and Mohamed do agree on one thing: It’s not easy.
Amin tells Ramón about his prometido in Fez (and the potential for three wives more!) Karla calls out ‘Papacito’ and the little Prince perks up. But she walks right past him into the arms of what must be her current victim. But Amin gets her attention when he tells her Te traje un regalo. (I brought you a present).
Said’s family arrives at their Miami home as well. Jadiya is told that her mother is not with them. But here’s the really good news: Rania has gotten that promotion she’s been angling for. From now on, says Said, you’re the First Wife!
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Nicely done, as usual. Some of your descriptions were more entertaining than the scenes.
I liked Jade's scene with Zein. I wish him luck cracking that nut. Her character has been rather thinly written, and I would be happy to get some insight into her motivations. But I'm surprised that in the 20 years or so she was with Said, even in the calm periods, when she had temporarily forgotten about Lucas, she still considered him an obstacle.
I liked Roberto warning Lucía about the incense. I think nobody ever bothered to tell her what she really smelled in that earlier episode. Also, Remember when Lucía was mad with jealousy? What happened to that? I'll bet it's coming back soon.
Rogelio tells Alicia she's very good at what she does. He doesn't know how right he is. Here's hoping he finds out soon that what she does isn't very nice. (Come on Clara, spill it!)
Cristina was fun as always. Of course she had to misunderstand what was going on (this is a novela after all), but at least it was an interesting misunderstanding. And her run-in with Albieri was great: he clams up and she's on like a firehose. It also reminded me how she used to be more trashy. Now nobody treats her like she used to look. Good for her.
By the way, just to confirm, I'm OK to summarize next Monday's episode. Thanks for the opportunity, and to novelera for taking Wednesday instead. I'll email you NovelaMaven, though I don't have your address. And I should mention that I'm on the West coast, so it won't be done early. :)
I liked Jade's scene with Zein. I wish him luck cracking that nut. Her character has been rather thinly written, and I would be happy to get some insight into her motivations. But I'm surprised that in the 20 years or so she was with Said, even in the calm periods, when she had temporarily forgotten about Lucas, she still considered him an obstacle.
I liked Roberto warning Lucía about the incense. I think nobody ever bothered to tell her what she really smelled in that earlier episode. Also, Remember when Lucía was mad with jealousy? What happened to that? I'll bet it's coming back soon.
Rogelio tells Alicia she's very good at what she does. He doesn't know how right he is. Here's hoping he finds out soon that what she does isn't very nice. (Come on Clara, spill it!)
Cristina was fun as always. Of course she had to misunderstand what was going on (this is a novela after all), but at least it was an interesting misunderstanding. And her run-in with Albieri was great: he clams up and she's on like a firehose. It also reminded me how she used to be more trashy. Now nobody treats her like she used to look. Good for her.
By the way, just to confirm, I'm OK to summarize next Monday's episode. Thanks for the opportunity, and to novelera for taking Wednesday instead. I'll email you NovelaMaven, though I don't have your address. And I should mention that I'm on the West coast, so it won't be done early. :)
NovelaMaven, Thank you for doing this summary so unbelievably FAST, great for us Westerners so we can get our comment in early. We appreciate what you all do as neither of us, with limited Spanish, can understand all of this delightful adult fairy tale without your help.
Elizabeth and Chris
Elizabeth and Chris
Permalink posted by 
: Wednesday, August 4, 2010 at 1:40:00 AM EDT
: Wednesday, August 4, 2010 at 1:40:00 AM EDT
When Jade spoke about always viewing Said as an obstacle she was referring to the fact that he never inspired her. Said never supported her desire to go to school and become a professional. Instead, she lived with him for 20 years as a well-adorned prop. She felt trapped being in a that situation for the sake of her daugher.
Permalink posted by : Wednesday, August 4, 2010 at 4:11:00 AM EDT
: Wednesday, August 4, 2010 at 4:11:00 AM EDT
NovelaMaven, thanks so much for this marvellous snarky summarcap! Though the episode wasn't bad, your account was much more entertaining. I loved remarks like Ali out in the desert "trying to make sense of the past 118 episodios." I could mention many more, but then I'd simply be repeating your great account.
I continue to be skeptical of the difficulty Cris has in making herself understood at the desk. I doubt that there's any upscale hotel in Fez that caters to tourists but has people at the reception desk who speak only Arabic. They may not speak Spanish, but they'll almost surely speak English (and French, though that may not be relevant here).
Anyway, I enjoyed Cris's jumping to the wrong conclusion about Daniel's parents. Then again, it's all but impossible for anyone but Albieri to reach the right conclusion. And I loved the look on Daniel's face when Cris told him that she knows his brother!
With all the loose ends, it's hard to imagine that this telenovela will end any time soon. Whenever it ends, I doubt that Daniel will still be alive. There's really no place for him, and let's not forget his potentially deadly mole. Also, I doubt that the writers would be willing to sanction the creation of a human clone.
I know some people have said they appreciated Enrique's monologue, but I continue to find it tedious and heavy-handed. We can see what drugs are doing to Nati--we don't really need someone hitting us over the head to explain what we're seeing. Sigh.
Anyway, many thanks once again for a super summarcap! It's too bad you're not one of the TN writers!
I continue to be skeptical of the difficulty Cris has in making herself understood at the desk. I doubt that there's any upscale hotel in Fez that caters to tourists but has people at the reception desk who speak only Arabic. They may not speak Spanish, but they'll almost surely speak English (and French, though that may not be relevant here).
Anyway, I enjoyed Cris's jumping to the wrong conclusion about Daniel's parents. Then again, it's all but impossible for anyone but Albieri to reach the right conclusion. And I loved the look on Daniel's face when Cris told him that she knows his brother!
With all the loose ends, it's hard to imagine that this telenovela will end any time soon. Whenever it ends, I doubt that Daniel will still be alive. There's really no place for him, and let's not forget his potentially deadly mole. Also, I doubt that the writers would be willing to sanction the creation of a human clone.
I know some people have said they appreciated Enrique's monologue, but I continue to find it tedious and heavy-handed. We can see what drugs are doing to Nati--we don't really need someone hitting us over the head to explain what we're seeing. Sigh.
Anyway, many thanks once again for a super summarcap! It's too bad you're not one of the TN writers!
Great Summarcap, Novela Maven, of an episode I thought was disjointed and mostly setting up for future action (one hopes).
By only referring to 'his father,' 'his mother' and 'his brother' Daniel and Cristina were able to have such a complete miscommunication. That was kind of amusing.
I think that sKank3 did another collection of genetic material and Karla was told to go 'put it where it was supposed to go.' Yech.
I guess that Albieri's inability to tell anyone what he did before they actually see Daniel is to get as many impactado reactions as possible. We are at 2 for 2 fainting for the ladies. Will Luisa make it 3 for 3?
Thanks again so much to Novelera and Luke for doings the summaries when I am away.
By only referring to 'his father,' 'his mother' and 'his brother' Daniel and Cristina were able to have such a complete miscommunication. That was kind of amusing.
I think that sKank3 did another collection of genetic material and Karla was told to go 'put it where it was supposed to go.' Yech.
I guess that Albieri's inability to tell anyone what he did before they actually see Daniel is to get as many impactado reactions as possible. We are at 2 for 2 fainting for the ladies. Will Luisa make it 3 for 3?
Thanks again so much to Novelera and Luke for doings the summaries when I am away.
Juanita, I'm with you re heavy-handedness of drug PSA. Too ofen,too thick. One look at what's happening to Neti is worth 15 minutes of Enrique. The actress is doing a great job, yet I find myself still FF through this story line.
Thanks to NovelaMaven for recap and mini Spanish lesson. You're the tops as we used to say in my time. Lois
Thanks to NovelaMaven for recap and mini Spanish lesson. You're the tops as we used to say in my time. Lois
Permalink posted by : Wednesday, August 4, 2010 at 11:34:00 AM EDT
: Wednesday, August 4, 2010 at 11:34:00 AM EDT
Thanks so much everyone!
Like you, I loved the Cristina/Daniel miscommunication scene. It had that wonderful frantic quality of hysteria verging on slapstick that Cristina brings to her scenes.
Cris y Lis -- it only seems fast if you're on the west coast! hahaha! But I'm really glad you're enjoying our stuff.
Nice point, Anon 0411, about the was Said has been an obstacle in Jade's life.
Jean -- About the 3SKanK plot, the (only) interesting thing is its parallel to the main story line: a poor skank's version of genetic engineering. Just as Albieri stole Lucas's DNA, they are stealing Roberto's. Let's just hope that here, at least, bad (as well as evil) science fails.
Luke -- it's true about Lucia's jealousy (and Roberto's flirting). They have been set aside for now while the two do some serious parenting. I've come to see the two behaviors together as the way this couple keep their monogamy from being monotonous. They are role-playing. Far from being annoyed by Lucia's crazy jealousy, Roberto feeds on it and it energizes their marriage.
Juanita, sadly, I agree about Daniel's likely fate -- I also think he is going to suffer for Albieri's sins. Sigh!
Like you, I loved the Cristina/Daniel miscommunication scene. It had that wonderful frantic quality of hysteria verging on slapstick that Cristina brings to her scenes.
Cris y Lis -- it only seems fast if you're on the west coast! hahaha! But I'm really glad you're enjoying our stuff.
Nice point, Anon 0411, about the was Said has been an obstacle in Jade's life.
Jean -- About the 3SKanK plot, the (only) interesting thing is its parallel to the main story line: a poor skank's version of genetic engineering. Just as Albieri stole Lucas's DNA, they are stealing Roberto's. Let's just hope that here, at least, bad (as well as evil) science fails.
Luke -- it's true about Lucia's jealousy (and Roberto's flirting). They have been set aside for now while the two do some serious parenting. I've come to see the two behaviors together as the way this couple keep their monogamy from being monotonous. They are role-playing. Far from being annoyed by Lucia's crazy jealousy, Roberto feeds on it and it energizes their marriage.
Juanita, sadly, I agree about Daniel's likely fate -- I also think he is going to suffer for Albieri's sins. Sigh!
Great work, NovelaMaven! I also loved Ali meditating on the last 118 episodes on board the camel!
The scene with Cris and Daniel was just great. Good comic timing by both actors. It had elements of Abbott and Costello's "Who's on First" routine.
Alejandro is now officially pathetic. He's on the road to flushing his bright future as a fighter for a young woman who isn't going to pull out of this without rehab/therapy. I'm liking Pablo more and more. In the beginning he was sort of the playboy type making fun of Alej's more serious involvements with women (initially Karla). Now he's not disparaging Alej's love for Nati, just the obvious fact that forgiving her over and over isn't helpful.
I'm disappointed in Rogelio. At first I thought he was on to Malicia, but now it seems he's bought her act hook, line, and sinker. And Cris won't even listen to her friend's warnings (always forget her name). It feels like Malicia's karma isn't going to come around until the last week, darn it!
The scene with Cris and Daniel was just great. Good comic timing by both actors. It had elements of Abbott and Costello's "Who's on First" routine.
Alejandro is now officially pathetic. He's on the road to flushing his bright future as a fighter for a young woman who isn't going to pull out of this without rehab/therapy. I'm liking Pablo more and more. In the beginning he was sort of the playboy type making fun of Alej's more serious involvements with women (initially Karla). Now he's not disparaging Alej's love for Nati, just the obvious fact that forgiving her over and over isn't helpful.
I'm disappointed in Rogelio. At first I thought he was on to Malicia, but now it seems he's bought her act hook, line, and sinker. And Cris won't even listen to her friend's warnings (always forget her name). It feels like Malicia's karma isn't going to come around until the last week, darn it!
Permalink posted by : Wednesday, August 4, 2010 at 3:11:00 PM EDT
: Wednesday, August 4, 2010 at 3:11:00 PM EDT
Lois, thanks so much for your nice words!
Novelera, Yes! "Who's on First" -- I had the same thought!
As for Malicia and Rogelio, I just had a disturbing thought -- Now that Escobarde is starting to show some brain activity (protecting ownership of the apartment, seeing how attractive Clara really is, taking his estrangement from his son more seriously), what if Malicia runs crying to Rogelio about how badly she has been treated and she ends up not only with Cris's job but with Clara's boyfriend? (Well not ends up, exactly, but has some time in the sun with until the anvils fall). That would be a very aggravating twist of the plot.
Novelera, Yes! "Who's on First" -- I had the same thought!
As for Malicia and Rogelio, I just had a disturbing thought -- Now that Escobarde is starting to show some brain activity (protecting ownership of the apartment, seeing how attractive Clara really is, taking his estrangement from his son more seriously), what if Malicia runs crying to Rogelio about how badly she has been treated and she ends up not only with Cris's job but with Clara's boyfriend? (Well not ends up, exactly, but has some time in the sun with until the anvils fall). That would be a very aggravating twist of the plot.
NovelaMaven, thank you for once again for a great recap.
I have last night's episode as #120I check several other places and they also show it as #120. I also found that they ended production 7/31/2010 which completed 160 episodes so it looks like we have 40 more to go or two months. They had originally project 135 episodes so I am thinking that the extra 25 episodes have to do with the drug PSA.
Cristina is really a proactive person, just charges ahead and "damn the torpedos". I wonder how Leo will take having another son?
Alicia is really evil and I do not understand why in the world Cristina cannot see through her. Hopefully when Cris finds out the lastest about the report it will all over for Malicia! I have her down for at least three anvils.
The scene with Ali on the camel was really funny with him wearing black in that heat and the little guy leading the camel wearing white. I wonder if Ali is supposed to be a Bedouin?
Rosemary
I have last night's episode as #120I check several other places and they also show it as #120. I also found that they ended production 7/31/2010 which completed 160 episodes so it looks like we have 40 more to go or two months. They had originally project 135 episodes so I am thinking that the extra 25 episodes have to do with the drug PSA.
Cristina is really a proactive person, just charges ahead and "damn the torpedos". I wonder how Leo will take having another son?
Alicia is really evil and I do not understand why in the world Cristina cannot see through her. Hopefully when Cris finds out the lastest about the report it will all over for Malicia! I have her down for at least three anvils.
The scene with Ali on the camel was really funny with him wearing black in that heat and the little guy leading the camel wearing white. I wonder if Ali is supposed to be a Bedouin?
Rosemary
Permalink posted by : Wednesday, August 4, 2010 at 4:33:00 PM EDT
: Wednesday, August 4, 2010 at 4:33:00 PM EDT
Jean: you're welcome. I'm happy to help.
NovelaMaven, your interpretation of Lucía and Roberto's relationship as stable disorder is interesting. I got the impression early on that he was cheating on her, just like Lucas and Marisa were cheating on each other. But now I'm not so sure, and if he wasn't, your interpretation makes more sense.
On Cris and Alicia, I think Cris by default believes the best about people. She doesn't suspect anybody unless she herself sees that they aren't trustworthy. That explains her trust in Alicia, not to mention Jade, who isn't evil but is certainly unreliable. She wouldn't like Jade if she knew all the ridiculous things Jade has done, like threatening to break up with Lucas if he didn't kidnap Jadiya.
NovelaMaven, your interpretation of Lucía and Roberto's relationship as stable disorder is interesting. I got the impression early on that he was cheating on her, just like Lucas and Marisa were cheating on each other. But now I'm not so sure, and if he wasn't, your interpretation makes more sense.
On Cris and Alicia, I think Cris by default believes the best about people. She doesn't suspect anybody unless she herself sees that they aren't trustworthy. That explains her trust in Alicia, not to mention Jade, who isn't evil but is certainly unreliable. She wouldn't like Jade if she knew all the ridiculous things Jade has done, like threatening to break up with Lucas if he didn't kidnap Jadiya.
Luke, interesting take on Cris and you are probably correct.
The other interesting thing I found online today is that the opening theme song "El Velo Del Amor" is performed by Mario Reyes and Sandra Echeverris (Jade).
Rosemary
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The other interesting thing I found online today is that the opening theme song "El Velo Del Amor" is performed by Mario Reyes and Sandra Echeverris (Jade).
Rosemary
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